Handle for vessels



(No Model.)

R. B. WILLIAMSON.

HANDLE FOR VESSELS.

No. 597,754. Patented Jan. 25, 1898.

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PATENT @nnrca RUSSELL l XVILLIAMSON, OF CLIFTON SPRINGS, NElV YORK.

HANDLE FOR VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 597,754, dated January 25, 1898.

I A li ti filed Tune 11, 1897. Serial No. 640,392. (No model.)

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Be it known that 1, Russian. B. WILLIAM- sON, of Clifton Springs, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handles for Vessels, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to non-heatconductin g handles for vessels designed for holding hot liquids or other materials or to become otherwise subjected to heat; and the object of the invention is to provide a handle for such vessels that shall be firm, strong, and serviceable, and one that may be cheaply made.

The invention is hereinafter fully described,

and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1, condensed, shows the handle before being fully bent to form, parts being longitudinally sec tioned. Fig. 2 shows the handle completely formed and attached to a vessel. Fig. 3 is an end view of the handle and a portion of the vessel seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 2.

Referring to the parts shown, A is a sheet metal boiler or other similar vessel in which to heat or hold liquids or other substances.

B is my improved handle, which consists of a body or handpiece a, of wood or other nonheat-conducting material,substantially cylindrical in form, in combination withwires or rods 2) c and sheet-metal webs or plates 65 d. The wires or rods are side by side and parallel at the middle portions and pass through an axial opening 9 in the part Primarily these two wires are straight, but after being passed through the part a the lower wire 0 (as appears in Fig. 1, which, however, is really the upper wire of the handle when secured to place upon the vessel) is bent downward or away from the companion wire I; at its ends, as shown, the bends being near the respective ends of the part a. After the wires are bent the ends of each wire lie within the plane of the central portion, but the planes of the two wires intersect each other in the handpiece. This form of wires only requires one bend at each end of the handpiece and permits the point of the web coming to the point of divergence of the two wires at the end of the handpiece, thereby making a stronger construction than if the wires each had two bends at each end of the handpiece and the web only came to the bend farthest from the handpiece. The separated ends of the wires at either side of the part a are covered or connected with sheet-metal webs or plates d d, as shown, these webs being approximately triangular in form with two sides of each rolled around the respective wires and held to place, as by soldering. The webs (Z (Z are each formed with an inclined flap or part e of proper form to meet and bear against the outer face of the boiler or vessel, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, after the handle is completely formed. The two wires arefurther bent sidewise or toward the observer,viewing Fig. 1, to the form shown is put upon the vessel to bring the wire 0 to the top, the wire I) becoming the bottom brace wire of the handle, as shown in Fig. 3.

The handle is secured to the vessel by ordinary rivets f through the flaps e e by soldering or by other common and well-known means.

In this construction of handle the webs cl cl are strong on account of being reinforced at their edges by the wires, the latter being sufficiently spread or separated at their ends to give a broad base or hearing to the handle upon the vessel. The wires and the webs are soldered firmly together, so that all are rigid and act as a single piece.

The handpiece a is adapted to turn freely upon the wires, the axial opening 9 of the handpiece being circular in cross-section.

By locating the apex of the web adjacent tothe perforation in the handpiece it is prevented from catching upon articles and it also adds greater strength to the handle, owing to the fact that the ends of the wires are without bends or angles intermediate the handpiece and the vessel and are secured within the rolls of the web by solder. .This construction also permits the rolls being made upon the inside of the web, which presents a neater appearance thanif the rolls were made upon the outside.

I clain1- In a handle for vessels, the combination,

with an axially-perforated handpiece, of two Wires extending through the same, each end of each of the Wires being bent at an angle to the central portion, and a triangular Web upon the ends of the Wires at each end of the handpiece, one side of the Web being bent at an angle to the main portion and adapted to be secured to the side of the vessel, and the other two sides each being secured to and inclosing IO one ofthe ends of the Wires, the apex of the web being adjacent to the perforation through the handpiece, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 7th day of June, 1897, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RUSSELL B. \VILLIAMSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID HATMAKER, DURFEE W. HILL. 

